Central United Methodist Church (knoxville, Tn)

It's easy to get distracted by all that is around us during this season of Advent and Christmas. Today's sermon guides us toward the manger by way of Mary's song and reminds us of what's important: our relationships with each other, with God, and justice, mercy, and love.

Second Sunday of Advent.

First in our Advent series called Tapestry of Light. Drawing upon readings from Jeremiah and Luke, we seek to make sense of Jesus' words about signs of the Son of Man coming back. What are we really longing for?

On this last Sunday of the church year, we focus on the question what does it mean to say that Jesus is Lord? Who is in charge? What is our response? The scripture is Revelation 1:4-8 and John 18:33-37

This song was originally written and recorded by Aaron Niequist. Pastor Jimmy sang a version in worship on November 15, 2015 to connect with his sermon.

The first of two sermons talking about the end times, and especially the return of Jesus and what it means for the community of faith. This week's text is Mark 13:1-8 and Revelation 21: 1-6

We close out the series by looking at how Jesus invites us to embrace contentment and how that looks different from how society measures our satisfaction.

This week, we ask the question how will you measure your life by looking at the concept of serving other as opposed to the concept of having power over others. The text is Mark 10:35-45.

Our October series begins by looking at the parable of the soil and asking ourselves the question, "How Will You Measure your life?" Where and how do you invest your time, energy, talents and money? Scripture is from Matthew 13:1-9

How does God's wisdom guide us? What is our role in listening, hearing and receiving that wisdom? Where do we find wisdom calling out to us today?

Using Psalm 1 as our guide, we explore the concept of happiness and whether or not it is something to be pursued, and what our faith might have to say about being happy.

This week Austin Byerly, our pastoral intern, looks at our call to abandon ourselves to the one who loves us so much. The text is Mark 8:27-38.

The final sermon in our series on the Lord's Prayer. We focus on the closing statement, paying particular attention to the Amen.

This week, we look at the phrase, "save us from this time of trial and deliver us from evil" in the Lord's Prayer.

The third in our series on the Lord's Prayer. We look at the physical and spiritual dimensions of the phrase, "Our Daily Bread."

The second in our series on the prayer that shapes the Christian life. Today, we look at the Kingdom of God and ask the question, "What does it look like?"

We begin our August series on the Lord's Prayer. Drawing on the famous prayer handed down by Jesus in Matthew and Luke, we will break down each part of the prayer over the next five weeks. Today: Our Father in heaven....

The final sermon in our faith and film series focuses on forgiveness, a basic tenet of the Gospel. The scripture is Colossians 3:1-4:12-17 and Matthew 6:9-15

Continuing our series called Faith and Film. This week, we explore Jesus' announcement that the Kingdom of Heaven has come near in his proclamation of being anointed in Luke 4. We use the movie Selma as a backdrop to today's sermon. Some of today's sermon was inspired by a sermon given by Rev. Mike Slaugther

Our second in the series uses the movie the Hunger Games as our illustration of the power of fear and the triumph of hope. The scripture is Matthew 14:22-33